Jim uses words as the starting point for creative ideas. He’s helped clients like Paul Smith, Orange, Royal Mail and Waterstone’s with everything from naming and one-liners to ads, books, web sites and annual reports. He’s also a published author and columnist whose distinctive brand of cultural commentary has appeared widely in design magazines and national newspapers. For 26, Jim edits the newsletter and web site. www.totalcontent.co.uk

jim@totalcontent.co.uk

Tim is a writer and editor. He helps companies tell their stories and increase their value using words. His work covers tone of voice, annual reports and online reporting, CSR, strategy papers and thought leadership, speeches, video scripts, brand books and guidelines, web content and internal communications. His clients include KPMG, Land Securities, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ericsson, Sainsbury’s, yoo, Galiform, Schneider Electric, Smith & Nephew, RIBA and Mears Group. He also runs writing workshops for senior management, employees and designers. One of the founders of 26, Tim is most closely involved with developing our publishing imprint. He has co-edited three 26 books. www.timrich.com

timrich26@hotmail.com

John is a writer and consultant on brands. He is also director of training and brand language at The Writer (www.thewriter.co.uk). John’s books ‘We, Me, Them & It’, ‘The Invisible Grail’ and ‘Dark Angels’ form ‘The Writer’s Materials Trilogy’. John runs workshops and courses on creative writing for business. As a co-founder John has been particularly involved in 26 projects, initiating and editing the work that became 26 Letters and From Here to Here.

johnsimmons@blueyonder.co.uk

Creative thinking and the origination of ideas drives my work in written and visual communications. I help individuals and organisations discover how compelling languages and charismatic behaviours can trigger wonderful chemistries with their audiences. Clients include Jumeirah Group, Penguin Books, Royal Academy of Engineering, Land Securities, Whitechapel Gallery, Survival International and the Helen Bamber Foundation.

tomlynham@blueyonder.co.uk

Martin is one of the founders of ‘The Storytellers’ and works with leading companies in the UK, Europe and North America, helping them shape and share their business stories. He’d previously worked in Australia, North and South America and the Far East, latterly as Far East Director of Marks and Spencer. Returning home, he guided M&S’s marketing function and external communication, through a critical period. Martin is an honorary member of the Marketing Group of Great Britain and Chairman of 26.

martin@the-storytellers.com

Margaret is a tone-of-voice consultant who works with commercial businesses, helping them express their personality through written communications. She also specialises in the development of internal brand cultures, ensuring the brand is at the heart of the people behind each organisation.

me@margaretoscar.com

Martin is a former journalist and co-founder with John Simmons of The Writer. The Writer’s award-winning work has earned John and Martin growing recognition as a new force in HR, marketing, investor relations consultancy. Their clients range from BP and the BBC to Merrill Lynch, ABN Amro and Unilever. Martin is co-author of the ‘Investor Relations Handbook’, published by Reed Elsevier.

martin.hennessey@thewriter.co.uk

Martin was formerly marketing director of Waterstone’s, but is now one of the co-founders of Acacia Avenue, a research and strategy consultancy. His role is to help clients develop strategies for communicating to their customers in a more personal and authentic fashion. Martin helps 26 attract sponsorship and contributed to the ’26 Letters’ project.

martin@acacia-avenue.com

For the past 10 years Sarah has been Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics' head writer and marketing consultant. She also works with other small, friendly businesses and not-for-profit organisations on their thinking, writing and ways to keep their customers interested and happy. Sarah is on the 26 events team and wrote chapters in 26 Letters and From Here to Here. When not writing, she likes to knit woollies, take photographs and practise yoga.

sarah@little-max.co.uk

Simon is journalist and editor. He writes a column on management in the Observer, edited Management Today, and has contributed to many other newspapers and journals in the UK and abroad. He has edited books, magazines and a web site.

simon.caulkin@observer.co.uk

Ben is a tone-of-voice specialist and writer. He helps organisations find their tone of voice. Sussing out what's remarkable about them. And telling that story in a way that gets people excited. His clients include Vodafone, Sony and BP.

ben@afia.me.uk

Neil's creative director of The Writer. He trains people to write more creatively at work, and to reflect a brand's tone of voice – people like the BBC, 3, Sotheby's and RNID. He’s a writer too. You can buy his book ‘Search Me’, on the Google brand, and ‘The Name Of The Beast’ will be out soon. He’s a board member of 26, helps run our events, and co-edited ‘From Here To Here’, too.

neil.taylor@thewriter.co.uk

Jamie’s love of words takes him into all corners of life, from boardroom to classroom, library to lecture theatre. A writer who has worked in the business world for more than 20 years, he is also a novelist and a musician. Today Jamie works with organisations and groups of all kinds on the power of stories and language to transform the way we see the world and our place in it.

jamie@jauncey.co.uk

Stuart started out as a copywriter 20 years ago with CDP. After running an Arvon Foundation writing centre in the early 90s he joined Redpath Design to work alongside leading Scottish designers. In 2002 he set up Henzteeth with John Ormston. Henzteeth is now one of Scotland’s leading copywriting companies. In 2004 he launched 26 in Scotland with Jamie Jauncey. Stuart initiated 26 Malts and has just completed ‘Creative Fire’ for Cyan Books.

stuart.delves@virgin.net